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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,367Searchable applications
165Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 7,042 approved or refused records
818Refused applications
6,224 approved · 818 refused · 391 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Aug 2010 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building ControlContact planning Solicitor, conveyancing and search enquiriesLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Heritage - Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- General council enquiries+441612535000Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas12 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas3 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided72990
Single storey side extension
The Stables, Arthur Lane, Radcliffe, Bolton, BL2 5PN
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Appeal lodged72991
Installation of 1 no. BT Street Hub Unit with 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of unit
Pavement outside Chicken Cottage, 1 Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BL
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Appeal lodged72992
Advertisement consent for 1 no. BT Street Hub Unit with 2 no. digital 75 inch LCD display screens either side of unit
Pavement outside Chicken Cottage, 1 Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BL
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Unknown72993
2no. bollards to bridleway; re-instate dry stone wall and new stone wall to same height; radius kerb edging; hedging to screen car park; re-tarmac part of road; new traffic mirror and limestone finish to bottom of bridleway
Halter Inn Works, 11 Redisher Croft, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9SA
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided72994
External alterations to render all existing brick walls to front/side elevations and boundary wall
23A Countess Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3WF
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided72995
Single storey side extension
241 Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9PS
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided72996
Free standing internally illuminated advertisement digital display unit
Shell Petrol Station, Middleton Road, Manchester, M8 4LY
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided72997
s192 Lawful development certificate for proposed provision of a moveable structure within the pub beer garden under Part 2 Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order.
The Eagle & Child, 3 Whalley Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DL
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided72998
Application to discharge condition 5 (habitat management & monitoring plan - HMMP ), condition 7 (bird boxes), condition 8 (surface water drainage proposals) and Statutory Biodiversity Gain Plan Condition on planning permission 72122
Bleakholt Farm, Bury Old Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0RX
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided72999
Two storey extension at side and rear
1A Scholes Street, Bury, BL8 2RB
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided73000
Two storey rear extension; Extension of basement and change of fenestration to front elevation
2-4 Kings Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0LE
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided73003
Change of use from Pub (Sui Generis) to 12 bed (single occupancy) HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) (Sui Generis); rear dormer extension
Rose And Crown Inn, 36 Manchester Old Road, Bury, BL9 0TR
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided73004
Change of use from a 6 bed dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to Children's care home (Use Class C2) for 5 no. children under the age of 18
240 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NH
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided73005
Single storey front and rear infill extensions with loft conversion, 2 no. side dormers and raised roof ridge
44 Oakwell Drive, Bury, BL9 8LB
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided73006
Lawful development certificate for proposed rear dormer extension and loft conversion
92 Nipper Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7RF
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided73007
First foor side extension and two/single storey extension at side/rear
45 Holyrood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PE
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided73008
Lawful development certificate for existing 5 Bed HMO
74 Tenters Street, Bury, BL9 0HL
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Registered73009
Change of use of land to create a pay and display public car park with associated site works (temporary period of 5 years)
181-183 The Rock BL9 0NE & Former Paradise Mill, John Street, Bury, BL9 0NH
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided73010
Single storey rear extension; Hip to gable roof extension with loft conversion and rear dormer
9 James Street North, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 1QQ
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided73011
Creation of new driveway, wall and ramped access to the side elevation
59 Hilton Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 9SA
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided73013
Two storey/single storey rear extension;
18 Birch Street, Bury, BL9 5AL
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided73014
Lawful development certificate for the proposed construction of a single storey lean-to
20 Rose Grove, Bury, BL8 2UJ
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided73015
Single storey extension at side and rear
14 Lawrie Avenue, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9NW
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided73017
Lawful development certificate for existing 5 Bed HMO
72 Tenters Street, Bury, BL9 0HL
Received 25 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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